Nursery

Here is a picture of the bedding we picked out for Avery. The bedding is baby pink, hot pink & sage accented with ladybugs. It's adorable!! Ever since finding this bedding I have been obsessed with ladybugs. I think her room will be very cozy once it's all here and set up. Her daddy and I are still working on cleaning out the "office" so it can be her room soon. We have officially said that Avery's room will be ready on July 1st!! We'll see. I will post some pictures of her room when all her furniture arrives and everything is set up.

...It's a GIRL!!!

Well, it's official!! It's a GIRL!! She did a great job of giving us a "birds eye view" of her goods today during the sonogram. I was told to drink a Sprite before my visit. Supposedly this gets the baby moving around and boy did she move. Mrs. Cheryl (the sonographer) was chasing her all over my belly to get good measurments. =) She weighs about 11 ounces and is around the size of a big tomato.

I arrived at the doctor's office at about 2:45 for my appointment and they took me right back. Mrs. Cheryl poked and prodded me for about 15 minutes taking good measurments of her head, crown to rump, heart beat (150), etc. She asked if we wanted to find out the sex of the baby and I said yes, but wanted to wait until Ben was in there so we could find out together. So, she called him back there and showed us a picture of her "hiney" and her little "vajay vajay". We both cried!! I could have sworn I was having a BOY all this time. Guess I was wrong.

After Ben & I found out they called my mom and Mrs. Sally back to the room so they could have a look at the sonogram. They were both very excited when they found out their grandchild is a girl. We looked at her for what seemed like forever. She was very active and kept us entertained for awhile. I am just so amazed at modern technology and what you can see these days.

My next appointment is just a belly check up on May 8th and my next ultrasound is scheduled for June 5th.

Keep praying that we stay healthy and keep growing!! =)



It's a GIRL!!!

Foot/Leg & Spine


Look at that sweet face!!!


Profile & 3D image

Profile & 3D image

Feet & Arm

Is it a BOY or a GIRL...?

We will find out if we are having a BOY or a GIRL on April 10, 2008. Gosh, time has FLOWN by. I am already 17 weeks. Only 3 more weeks and I'm halfway to meeting my little peanut. =)

I should be feeling him/her move soon. I read where you can start to feel flutters between 16-20 weeks. I lay still everynight right before bedtime to see if I can feel anything, but nothing yet. But then again, i'm not quite sure what i'm feeling for.

Ben & I are leaving for Branson today. We decided to take a little road trip, just the two of us, before the baby and everything gets too hectic. I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoy spending time with Ben.

Until next time...

Doctor Appointment #2

February 22, 2008:
Ok, now that it's been over a week since my last doctors appointment, I think it's time to update everyone on what has been going on. My second doctors appointment went well. Ben was working in New Orleans all week, so I asked my mom to stand in for Ben since I didn't want to go to the doctor by myself. I had to start scheduling my appointments at 3:15 since it's easier to leave school at the end of the day without having to get a sub for my class. I arrived at the hospital around 3:00, picked up mom and headed over to the doctors office. I knew they had a bunch of stuff scheduled since my last appointment was short and sweet. We weren't in the waiting room but a few minutes when they called me back to do my second sonogram. Little peanut was very active this time. He/She has grown quite a bit. He/She is almost 2 inches and about the size of a lemon. Mom & I got to see little peanut turn flips....it was the coolest thing. I can't wait until I can actually feel him/her moving around in my belly.

I finally got to meet Dr. Hall. He is very nice and I feel very comfortable with him. I feel like he will do a great job taking care of Little Peanut and I over the next 6 months. Dr. Hall decided to move my due date up to AUGUST 30, 2008. He said that the baby was bigger and much easier to measure this time. He/She measured 11 weeks and 5 days (give/take 3 days).

I have been having tons of dreams about little BOYS. I don't know where they are coming from. Maybe it's my conscious preparing me for a little boy. So, i'm going to go out on a limb and be the first one to say that I think Peanut is a boy. Of course I may be wrong, but that is just the feeling I have right now.

I am going on 13 weeks and I have not been sick once until last Sunday. That was my first time to actually get sick and luckily it was on the weekend. Ben & I got up and got ready for church. Right when it was time to leave I started feeling woozy. I told Ben that I get nauseous often, but have never gotten sick and that it would pass soon. So we loaded up the car and headed to church. We almost got to Jackson St. and I told Ben that I needed to go back home. Luckily I made it back home and to the bathroom in time. =) I have been fine ever since Sunday. I think I have figured out that taking my prenatal vitamin on an empty stomach isn't such a good idea. I have since started taking my vitamin at night after dinner. Hopefully I won't have anymore sick episodes. I have been very blessed these past 13 weeks to only be sick once. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

Until next time....





February 13, 2008:
I had another Doctor Appointment today. Not much time to update right now. He moved my due date up to AUGUST 30, 2008. Turns out that i'm further along and it was much easier to measure the size of the baby this time. Will update more soon. =)

Week #8

Your pregnancy: 8 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though you still can't feel it.

First Doctor's Appointment

Well, it's official....there's a baby in my belly!! I am 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant (give/take 3 days) and due on SEPTEMBER 9, 2008.

I had my first doctor's appointment today and I was really ready for a doctor to tell me i'm pregnant and not just an at-home pregnancy test. My appointment was at 1:15PM with Dr. Joel Hall. I worked until 11:30 and went to the hospital to have lunch with Benjamin before my appointment. At around 1:00 Ben and I walked across the skywalk to the doctor's office, signed in and waited about 5 minutes before the nurse called me back. The first thing she did was an ultrasound. She found a little blob of tissue with a heartbeat. She said the baby is about .5cm, about the size of a grain of rice. WOW, that's LITTLE!!! =) After she looked around with the machine for a few minutes, she went to the waiting room and called Ben back to see the ultrasound and the heartbeat. The heartbeat was the NEATEST thing!! It was so TINY!! It is such an amazing feeling knowing that there is living, human being in my belly (even though it's the size of a grain of rice).

The worst part of the visit was waiting to see the doctor. So, Ben & I went back to the waiting room for about another hour waiting to see the doctor. Around 2:45 the nurse came out and said that Dr. Hall was in surgery and we would be seeing the Nurse Practicioner, Melanie. She asked a few questions and we were finished. Very sweet & simple.

My next doctor's appointment is February 13th at 3:15PM. They scheduled another ultrasound, a pap and all the blood work. From now on I will go to the doctor once a month until July then will go every 2 weeks.

Wish "us" luck and keep praying!! =)

Happy New Year!

Today is the first day of 2008, a brand new year. This year will be full of changes in our lives. Ben and I will have been together for 7 years in April and married for 2 years in August. We will also welcome our first child at the end of August. Being the beginning of a brand new year there are some things in my life I would like to change or improve. Here are my new year resolutions:
1. Eat healthy: I know that this is important for my baby, but I want to continue to keep my body healthy by watching what I eat. I will try my best to increase my fruit, vegetable and dairy especially during the next 9 months.
2. Exercise: I joined a gym in October and believe it or not, I actually enjoy going to the gym. My goal is to continue going to the gym at least twice a week if not more. I want to keep my body in good condition. Plus I hear it's good to keep exercising to prepare your body for labor. =)
3. Be prepred: My goal is to be fully prepared mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually when our baby arrives. I want to read about parenthood and how I can be the best parent I can be in today's society. I also want to continue going to church and grow spiritually with my husband.
4. Be the best wife and mommy: I will continue to be a understanding and compasionate wife to Ben and prepare myself to be a understanding and compasionate mother to little "peanut".

So, these are the four thing that I will strive to accomplish in 2008. I will hold my family and friends accountable for helping me stick to my resolutions. =)

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2008 and please contunue praying for Ben and I along with our "little peanut".